Every year, we offer health care improvement scholarships in partnership with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School chapters at post-secondary schools in BC. The scholarships support students to attend educational events related to health care quality and safety. This year, students were encouraged to participate virtually in conferences and/or training courses to build skills toward improving health care quality.

We’re now pleased to announce the 12 recipients of the 2020-2021 health care improvement scholarship! Recipients include students from various programs at the University of British Columbia (UBC), the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) and the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Of the 12 recipients, 10 have chosen to attend a virtual conference while two have signed up for a learning opportunity. Congratulations to our 2020-2021 recipients!

The photo above is a group of previous scholarship recipients; at the next opportunity we get, we’ll share a photo of this year’s group!

Recipient NamePost-Secondary InstitutionConference or Learning Opportunity 
Emma Finlayson-TrickUBC MedicineQuality Forum
Enav ZusmanUBC Entry-to-Practice Doctor of PharmacyBMJ International Forum
Nora TongUNBC MedicineIHI National Forum
Sydney SparaneseUBC MedicineIHI National Forum
Diana GreskuUBC MedicineUniversity of Toronto Indigenous Health Conference
Annie Walters-ShumkaUBCO MedicineIHI National Forum
Sean HarriganUBC Master of ScienceSan’yas Health
Katherine YangUBC Entry-to-Practice Doctor of PharmacyIHI National Forum
Stephanie QuonUBC Electrical EngineeringIHI National Forum
Kevin BoulianeUBC Master of Science, Population and Public HealthSan’yas Child Welfare
Thish RajapaksheUBCO Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biochemistry & PhilosophyQuality Forum
Haydn MolcakUBC MedicineIHI National Forum